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Flying-Capacitor Six-Level Inverter

The document discusses multilevel power converters. It describes different types of multilevel converter topologies including flying capacitor, cascaded H-bridge, mixed-level hybrid, and soft-switched converters. Examples are provided of different voltage levels that can be achieved using these converter configurations.

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Flying-Capacitor Six-Level Inverter

The document discusses multilevel power converters. It describes different types of multilevel converter topologies including flying capacitor, cascaded H-bridge, mixed-level hybrid, and soft-switched converters. Examples are provided of different voltage levels that can be achieved using these converter configurations.

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17 Multilevel Power Converters 461

TABLE 17.2 Flying-capacitor six-level inverter redundant voltage levels and corresponding switch states

Voltage Va0 Switch state

Sa5 Sa4 Sa3 Sa2 Sa1 Sa 5 Sa  4 Sa 3 Sa 2 Sa 1

Va0 = 5Vdc (no redundancies)


5Vdc 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Va0 = 4Vdc (4 redundancies)


5Vdc − Vdc 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
4Vdc 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
5Vdc − 4Vdc + 3Vdc 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
5Vdc − 3Vdc + 2Vdc 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
5Vdc − 2Vdc + Vdc 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

Va0 = 3Vdc (5 redundancies)


5Vdc − 2Vdc 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
4Vdc − Vdc 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
3Vdc 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
5Vdc − 4Vdc + 3Vdc − Vdc 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
5Vdc − 3Vdc + Vdc 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
4Vdc − 2Vdc + Vdc 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0

Va0 = 2Vdc (6 redundancies)


5Vdc − 3Vdc 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
5Vdc − 4Vdc + Vdc 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
4Vdc − 2Vdc 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
4Vdc − 3Vdc + Vdc 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
3Vdc − Vdc 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
3Vdc − 2Vdc + Vdc 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0
2Vdc 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0

Va0 = Vdc (4 redundancies)


5Vdc − 4Vdc 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
4Vdc − 3Vdc 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
3Vdc − 2Vdc 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
2Vdc − Vdc 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
Vdc 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0

Va0 = 0(n redundancies)


0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1

provides a complete multilevel topology that embraces the The original cascaded H-bridge multilevel converter requires
existing multilevel converters in principle. four separate dc sources for one phase leg and 12 for a three-
Figure 17.8 shows the P2 multilevel converter structure per phase converter. If a five-level converter replaces the full-bridge
phase leg. Each switching device, diode, or capacitor’s voltage cell, the voltage level is effectively doubled for each cell. Thus,
is 1Vdc , for instance, 1/(m − 1) of the dc-link voltage. Any to achieve the same nine voltage levels for each phase, only
converter with any number of levels, including the conven- two separate dc sources are needed for one phase leg and six
tional bi-level converter, can be obtained using this generalized for a three-phase converter. The configuration has mixed-level
topology [1, 33]. hybrid multilevel units because it embeds multilevel cells as the
building block of the cascade converter. The advantage of the
topology is it needs less separate dc sources. The disadvantage
17.2.4.2 Mixed-Level Hybrid Multilevel Converter for the topology is its control will be complicated due to its
To reduce the number of separate dc sources for high-voltage, hybrid structure.
high-power applications with multilevel converters, diode-
clamped or capacitor-clamped converters can be used to
replace the full-bridge cell in a cascaded converter [34]. An 17.2.4.3 Soft-Switched Multilevel Converter
example is shown in Fig. 17.9. The nine-level cascade converter Some soft-switching methods can be implemented for differ-
incorporates a three-level diode-clamped converter as the cell. ent multilevel converters to reduce the switching loss and to

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